Reading Journal 4, Part 3

Without having Googled Jonathan Crary, all I know about the author, from five brief lines on the inside of the dust jacket, is that he is a Professor of Modern Art and Theory at Columbia University and the founding editor of Zone Books. The key words are Professor and Theory, which may explain the many […]

Reading Journal 4, Part 2, Jonathan Crary’s 24/7

Pictorial Image vs. Alphabetical Image vs. Sleep and the Price Paid Holding onto my first thoughts after finishing Jonathan Crary’s 24/7 this morning, I realize that I must stay quiet, focused, without external interruptions: morning prayers on hold, ditto for news that will have to wait to be not quite so new, and floor exercises that […]

Reading Journal 4, Part 1, Jonathan Crary’s 24/7

Pictorial Image vs. Alphabetical Image vs. Sleep and the Price Paid Comments made about a book only just begun cannot be interpreted as a book review. I am on page 35 of 128 pages of text, and the pages are small, 5”x8”. Of those 35 pages read almost 20 of them are interrupted with multi-colored […]